Guide to Good Food

Guide to Good Food: Nutrition and Food Preparation is designed so that students can acquire the knowledge and skills needed to plan nourishing meals, shop for the ingredients, and prepare safe, wholesome food to fuel their bodies and support wellness. Using a positive approach to healthful choices, this title aims to be an inclusive guidebook on how to identify, prepare, and enjoy nourishing foods. Students will also learn about careers in the areas of food and nutrition and how to set career goals for those careers. In addition, they will learn to develop critical thinking and problem solving skills, preparing them not only to make beneficial choices for their health, but also for success in college and career. A complete text reorganization using a lesson-based approach and new autogradable critical thinking questions will make the text more flexible and meets the needs of all instructors, with each chapter offering thoughtful discussion of current cultural content, including diverse global flavors and food choices, while Global Connections features highlight recipes from around the world With more than 75 recipes, featuring colorful images of diverse food choices, students will learn how to bring new tasty and healthy food options to life, including new food preparation videos to reinforce concepts and break down cooking techniques featured throughout the text. Addition of potential substitutions for the top nine most allergenic foods in the Guide to Good Food recipes will help students adapt recipes to account for a variety of dietary restrictions.